Teen Gambling: A recent Annenberg Public Policy Center survey found 11% (almost double from last year) of high-school boys play cards for money weekly; 26% report gambling in the last month. Researcher Rachel Volberg notes one of the biggest problems with teen gambling is that hitting the jackpot blows out their sense that this is just a game, and they start to think gambling is a reasonable way to make money. (Pastors Weekly Briefing 7/9/05)
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